Nail puller



Sept. 22, 1925. 1,554,663

- G. S. SQU l R ES NA'IL FULLER Filed Jan. 1925 Fig.4

Inventor: y George 5. jquz'reo.

Patented Sept. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE S. SQUIRES 0F READING, MASSACHUSETTS.

NAIL FULLER.

Application filed January 24, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. SQUIRES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Nail Pullers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tool for pulling nails out of boards, boxes, cases and the like into which the nail has been driven flush with its head.

The object of the invention is to provide a tool for entirely withdrawing the nail from the board, or boards, into which it has been driven. Nail pullers of the general character of the device of this invention embody a driver with a claw at one end thereof, a lever pivoted to said driver and terminating in a claw oppositely disposed to and adapted to co-operate with the claw on said driver rod, to pull a nail out of a board. It has been found, however, that nail pullers of this character after the nail has been pulled out of the board a short distance slip off of the nail head and it becomes necessary in order to withdraw the nail throughout its full length from the board to use a claw hammer.

With the device of this invention the construction is such that the nail can be withdrawn a short distance from the board and then withdrawn entirely from the board by employing another claw provided on'the lever member of the device adjacent to the gripping claw end of said lever, and oppositely disposed thereto so that with one tool the two operations of withdrawing the nail can be performed, thus saving time in the operation, and eliminating the necessity of having two separate tools to perform the operation.

The invention consists in a nail puller of the character set forth and described in the following specification and particularly in the combination of parts set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a nail puller embodying my invention, illustrating the same in the act of withdrawing a nail from a board.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 1 illustrating the nail puller broken away and in the position occupied by it when completing the nail pulling operation.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation enlarged Serial No. 4,598.

illustrating the pivot in connection with the jaws of the nail puller.

Fig. 4 is a detail front elevation of the nail pulling lever.

Fig. 5 is an underneath plan of the lever illustrated in Fig. 1.

Like numerals refer to like parts through: out the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings,6 is the handle of the nail puller, T a driver slidable in said handle and terminating at its lower end in a pointed end 8 constituting a claw. A lever 9 is pivoted to rock on a stud 10 fast to the driver rod 7. end thereof in a gripping claw 11 which is oppositely disposed to and adapted to cooperate with the driver claw 8 to grip a nail 12. 'The lever 9 extends transversely of the lower end of the rod 7 and terminates in afree end 13 adapted to bear against the upper surface of the board 1 1 from which the nail 12 is being withdrawn, and thus constituting a fulcrum upon which the tool, as a whole, is rocked when the nail is being withdrawn. a i a i The lever 9 is provided with an auxiliary claw 15 bifurcated at 16. The auxiliary .claw 15 is positioned adjacent to the grip ping claw 11 and is oppositely disposed thereto and adapted to engage a nail 12 and withdraw it from the board when the nail puller is positioned as illustrated in Fig. 2. The claw 8 is provided with a shoulder 17 on its rear face which constitutes a stop to prevent the lever 9 from mo ving beyond a certain distance when the jaw 11 is moved away from the jaw 8 by a spring 18, one end 19 of which is fastened to the lever 9 and the other end 20 of which is fastened to the lower end portion of the driver rod. The spring 18 encircles the stud 10, see Fig. 3, and acts to rock thelever 9 on the stud 10 in a direction to move the jaw 11 away from the jaw 8 and until the lever 9 engages the shoulder 17.

The operation of the nail puller hereinbefore described is as follows :-Assuming the nail to be driven into the board 14 until the head thereof is flush with the upper surface of the board and it is desired to withdraw the nail from the board, the nail puller is positioned with the jaws 8 and 11 spread apart. The handle 6 is then slid upwardly on the driver rod 7 and then brought downwardly, driving the jaws 11 and 8 into the wood a slight distance and the nail puller The lever 9 terminates at one trated in Fig. 2 with the bifurcated claw 15 engaging the nail 12 beneath its head. N ow upon tipping the nail puller in the direction of the arrow at, the same will rock upon the fulcrum 13 of the lever 9 and the nail will be entirely withdrawn from the wood.

I claim 1. A nail puller having, in combination, a handle,"a driver rod slidable in said handle and terminating in a pointed end constituting a claw, a lever pivoted to said driver rod terminating at one end thereof in a gripping'claw oppositely disposed to and adapted to co-operate with the drlver claw to grip a nail, the said lever extend ingtransversely of said driver rod andtermi'nating in a' free end constituting a fulcrum and an auxiliary claw on said lever adjacent its gripping claw and oppositely disposed thereto whereby a nail can be partly withdrawn by said grippingclaws and subsequently entirely withdrawn by said auxiliary claw. i i

2. A nail puller having, in combination, a handle, a driver rod slidable in said handle and terminating in a pointed end constituting a claw, a lever pivoted to said driver rod terminating at one end thereof in a gripping claw oppositely disposed to and adapted to co-operate with the driver claw to grip a nail the said lever extending transversely of said driver rod and terminating in a free end constituting a *lulcrum, and "a bifurcated auxiliary claw on said lever adjacent'its gripping'cla-w and oppositely disposed thereto whereby a nail can be partly withdrawn by, said gripping claws and subsequently withdrawn 'by said bifurcated auxiliary claw.

A nailpuller having, in combination, a member terminating in a gripping claw, a lever pivoted to said member and terminating at one end in a gripping claw oppositely disposed to said member gripping claw, and an auxiliary claw-on saidlever adjacent its gripping claw and oppositely disposed thereto, said lever terminating in a free end constituting a fulcrum whereby a nail can be partly withdrawn by said gripping claws and subsequently entirely withdrawn by said auxiliary claw.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE s. sounni s. 

